The Babel fish is small, yellow and leech-like, and probably the oddest thing in the known Universe. It feeds on brainwave energy received not from its own carrier but from those around it, It absorbs all unconscious mental frequencies from this brainwave energy to nourish itself with. The practical upshot of all this being that […] Read more

Baldoon Castle’s ghost became the subject of a novel by Sir Walter Scott—“The Bride of Lammermuir.” Forced by her parents to abandon the man she loved, the bride married David Dunbar but went insane and stabbed him on her wedding night. Ever since that terrible night in the 17th century, the bride is reputed to […] Read more

Battle of Brazitos Dec. 25, 1846 Col. Alexander Doniphan & 500 Soldiers…. confronted 1,200 Mexican Dragoons camped at Brazito, near Vado, NM. The exhausted and demoralized Mexicans had stopped to rest and celebrate Christmas. But, their celebration was cut short…..,when Mexican sentries seeing large dust clouds, assumed Doniphan cavalry reinforcements were coming from the north […] Read more

Once upon a time in a far away land a young prince lived in a shining castle. Although he had everything his heart desired, the prince was spoiled, selfish and unkind. But then one winter’s night an old beggar woman came to the castle and offered him a single rose in return for shelter from […] Read more

When Bataan and Corregidor fell to the Japanese in the spring of 1942, all the U.S. and Philippine troops in the Philippine Islands were supposed to surrender to their conquerors. Many of them refused. Sometimes contrary to the orders of their commanding officers, sometimes with the connivance of those officers, sometimes entirely on their own, […] Read more

Winters To say training at Toccoa was intense is an understatement. Colonel Sink insisted on extremely high standards. Since all personnel were handpicked and could easily be replaced, Sink was determined to create the most elite and best-trained unit in the U.S. Army. Within a week, each company in the regiment became proficient in close […] Read more

There is a place beyond the top of the world It sits patiently, waiting for lovers to unfold Their hearts are drawn to this place, like rivers to the sea Like the beams of sunlight seeking around the shadows Of the vapor lifting into clouds that form letters of love For the earthly longings to […] Read more

Therefore, as God’s choice, holy, and loved, put on compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. Be tolerant with each other and, if someone has a complaint against anyone, forgive each other. As the Lord forgave you, so also forgive each other. And over all these things put on love, which is the perfect bond of […] Read more

Some of the seniors didn’t like that, guys who didn’t make the team and guys on the team whose buddies didn’t make it. They came for us in the locker room after practice, wet towels, athletic tape, and a couple of straight razors. The razors scared me, made me think they weren’t just playing a […] Read more